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Encyclopedia - 1852: Encyclopedia - 1852
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1852 (MDCCCLII) was a leap year starting on Thur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1916: Encyclopedia - 1916
1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) 1916 - Events. January 1 -The first successful blo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920: Encyclopedia - 1920
1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) 1920 - Events. January 7 - Forces of Russian White ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1907: Encyclopedia - 1907
1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wedne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1923: Encyclopedia - 1923
1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1923 - Events. January 1 - Grouping of all UK ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1933: Encyclopedia - 1933
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1933 - Events. January 3 - Japanese troops occ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1931: Encyclopedia - 1931
1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. 1931 - Events. January 4 - Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1928: Encyclopedia - 1928
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1928 - Events. January 6-7 - River Thames flood...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1925: Encyclopedia - 1925
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1925 - Events. January 3 - Benito Mussolini an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election, 2000: Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election, 2000
The U.S. presidential election of 2000 was one of the closest elections in U.S. history, decided by only 527 votes in the swing state of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1934: Encyclopedia - 1934
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1934 - Events. January 1 - Alcatraz becomes a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election, 2004: Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election, 2004
The U.S. presidential election of 2004 was won by the incumbent President, Republican George W. Bush, who defeated his main rival, Democr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election, 1860: Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election, 1860
The U.S. presidential election of 1860 is widely considered to be a realigning election. The nation had been divided through most of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantino Brumidi: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantino Brumidi - Parentage And Early Life
Brumidi's father was a native of Filiatra (in western Messinia, a district in the Peloponnesos, a region in southern Greece). His mother ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columbia County Arkansas: Encyclopedia Ii - Columbia County Arkansas - Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,986 km² (767 mi²). 1,984 km² (766 mi²) of it is land and 2 km²...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bærum: Encyclopedia - Bærum
Data from Statistics Norway Bærum is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway. Bærum is located on the coast, west of Oslo. San...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í History: Encyclopedia - Bahá'í History
The Báb · Abdu'l-Bahá Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Kitáb-i-Íqán The Hidden Words Administrative Order The Guardian Universal House of Justice ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bábís: Encyclopedia - Bábís
The Bábís (in Persian بابی ها Bâbihâ) are members of a religious movement that flourished in Persia from 1844 to 1852, then lin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aviation History: Encyclopedia - Aviation History
Humanity's desire to fly probably dates to the first time prehistoric man observed birds, an observation illustrated in the legendary sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'u'lláh's Family: Encyclopedia - Bahá'u'lláh's Family
Bahá'u'lláh's family covers Bahá'u'lláh's family, in particular his three wives and his children. Bahá'u'lláh (بهاءالله "Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balloon Aircraft: Encyclopedia - Balloon Aircraft
Balloons are a type of lighter than air aircraft that remain aloft due to their buoyancy. Balloons travel by moving with the wind. They a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Baudelaire: Encyclopedia - Charles Baudelaire
By category Medieval 16th Century - 17th Century 18th Century -19th Century 20th Century - Contemporary Chronological list Writers by ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben-hur Book: Encyclopedia - Ben-hur Book
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by General Lew Wallace which was published on November 12, 1880, by Harper and Brothers. Wallace...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baptist General Conference: Encyclopedia - Baptist General Conference
The Baptist General Conference (BGC) is a national evangelical Baptist body with roots in Swedish Pietism. The Baptist General Conference...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltimore And Ohio Railroad: Encyclopedia - Baltimore And Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Bal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltimore Catechism: Encyclopedia - Baltimore Catechism
A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, Prepared and Enjoined by Order of the Third Council of Baltimore (or, simply, the Baltimore Catechism)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austen Henry Layard: Encyclopedia - Austen Henry Layard
The Right Honourable Sir Austen Henry Layard (5 March 1817–5 July 1894) was a British author and diplomatist, best known as the excavat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augusta Lady Gregory: Encyclopedia - Augusta Lady Gregory
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852–22 May 1932), née Isabella Augusta Persse, was an Irish dramatist and folklorist. With W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur De Gobineau: Encyclopedia - Arthur De Gobineau
Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau (July 14, 1816 - October 13, 1882) was a French aristocrat who became famous for advocating White Suprema...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1932: Encyclopedia - 1932
1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. 1932 - Events. 1932 - January-February. January 3 - British arrest and intern Moh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Of Wellington: Encyclopedia - Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Of Wellington
The Most Noble Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Nouveau: Encyclopedia - Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (French for "new art") is a style in art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ariel Moon: Encyclopedia - Ariel Moon
Ariel (air'-ee-ul, pronounced [ˈɛəɹiəl]) is a moon of Uranus discovered on 1851-10-24 by William Lassell. It was discovered at the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantic Slave Trade: Encyclopedia - Atlantic Slave Trade
by evan haworth-staines The Atlantic slave trade was the capture and transport of black Africans into bondage and servitude in the New Wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 23: Encyclopedia - August 23
August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. August 23 - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 25: Encyclopedia - August 25
August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. August 25 - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 24: Encyclopedia - August 24
August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. August 24 - Events. 4...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 21: Encyclopedia - August 21
August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 132 days remaining. August 21 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 15: Encyclopedia - August 15
August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. August 15 - Events. 77...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benjamin Apthorp Gould: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was an American astronomer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Havin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bois De Boulogne: Encyclopedia - Bois De Boulogne
The Bois de Boulogne is a park located along the western edge of the 16ème arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billanco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture Timeline: Encyclopedia - Architecture Timeline
This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. 21s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bleak House: Encyclopedia - Bleak House
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. The plot concerns...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blacks And Mormonism: Encyclopedia - Blacks And Mormonism
In general, the relationship of the Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism) with black people has more or less mirrored the sentiments of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bourbon Dynasty Restored: Encyclopedia - Bourbon Dynasty Restored
Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814, the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne. The ensuing period i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonaparte: Encyclopedia - Bonaparte
Of Corsican origin, the Bonaparte (originally Buonaparte) family is the family of Napoleon I, who was elected as first consul of France o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star Catalogue: Encyclopedia - Star Catalogue
In astronomy, many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. There are a great many different star catalogues which have been pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boss Tweed: Encyclopedia - Boss Tweed
William Marcy Tweed (April 3, 1823–April 12, 1878), commonly known as Boss Tweed, was an American politician and political boss of Tamm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boredom: Encyclopedia - Boredom
Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse Sadness Sorrow Surprise Boredom, also c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boston And Albany Railroad: Encyclopedia - Boston And Albany Railroad
The Boston and Albany Railroad (AAR reporting mark BA) was a railroad connecting Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York, later becomin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bookselling: Encyclopedia - Bookselling
Bookselling is the trading of books of a very ancient date. The early poets and orators recited their effusions in public to encourage th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bookmark: Encyclopedia - Bookmark
1) A bookmark is a thin marker, commonly made from paper or leather, used to keep one's place in a printed work and so be able to return ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Otto Von Bismarck: Encyclopedia - Otto Von Bismarck
Chancellor of Germany Count Otto von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (April 1, 1815 – July 30, 1898) was one of the most prominent European...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernadotte: Encyclopedia - Bernadotte
The House of Bernadotte, the current Royal House of the Kingdom of Sweden, has reigned since 1818. Between 1818 and 1905 it was also the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calamity Jane: Encyclopedia - Calamity Jane
Martha Jane Canary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 (?) - August 1, 1903) was a fighter and frontierswoman most well kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benjamin Harrison: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893). Benjamin Harrison - Biogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl Of Beaconsfield: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl Of Beaconsfield
The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Supreme Court Of California: Encyclopedia - Supreme Court Of California
The Supreme Court of California is the state supreme court in California. It is headquartered in San Francisco, and regularly holds sessi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C. Lloyd Morgan: Encyclopedia - C. Lloyd Morgan
C. Lloyd Morgan (Conwy Lloyd Morgan) (6 February 1852 - 6 March 1936) was a British psychologist. Lloyd Morgan was born in New York and s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooke Foss Westcott: Encyclopedia - Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott (January 12, 1825–July 27, 1901) was an English churchman and theologian, Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his dea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hector Berlioz: Encyclopedia - Hector Berlioz
Louis Hector Berlioz (December 11, 1803–March 8, 1869) was a French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie fantastique, first p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooklyn: Encyclopedia - Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City with about 2.5 million inhabitants. An independent city prior to 1898...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benjamin Mcculloch: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Mcculloch
Benjamin McCulloch (November 11, 1811–March 7, 1862) was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, U.S. marshal, and brigadier g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Booth: Encyclopedia - Booth
Booth may mean various open types of cabins and similar light constructions, often temporary or inside a building: Telephone booth (or t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Abraham Michelson: Encyclopedia - Albert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson, (pronunciation anglicized as "Michael-son", December 19, 1852 - May 9, 1931), was a Prussian-born American phys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1912: Encyclopedia - 1912
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1919: Encyclopedia - 1919
1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). 1919 - Events. 1919 - January. January 1 - Iolaire si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1911: Encyclopedia - 1911
1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). 1911 - Events. 1911 - January-June. January 1 - Nort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1908: Encyclopedia - 1908
1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1908 - Events. 1908 - January-February. Januar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election 1860: Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election 1860
The U.S. presidential election of 1860 is widely considered to be a realigning election. The nation had been divided through most of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1924: Encyclopedia - 1924
1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1924 - Events. 1924 - January. January 7 - Grea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1926: Encyclopedia - 1926
1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). 1926 - Events. 1926 - January-April. January 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abolitionism: Encyclopedia - Abolitionism
Abolitionism was a political movement that sought to abolish the practice of slavery and the worldwide slave trade. It began during the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election 2004: Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election 2004
The U.S. presidential election of 2004 was won by the incumbent President, Republican George W. Bush, who defeated his main rival, Democr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election 2000: Encyclopedia - U.s. Presidential Election 2000
The U.S. presidential election of 2000 was one of the closest elections in U.S. history, decided by only 527 votes in the swing state of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th-century Philosophy: Encyclopedia - 19th-century Philosophy
In the 18th Century the philosophies of The Enlightenment would begin to have dramatic effect, and the landmark works of philosophers suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1802: Encyclopedia - 1802
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1802 was a common year starting on Friday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1796: Encyclopedia - 1796
1796 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia - Emperor
An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the feminine form ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard: Encyclopedia - Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (IPA: [ˈsœːɔn ˈkʰiɔ̯g̊əˌg̊ɔːˀ]), May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855), a 19th century Danish philos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dominion: Encyclopedia - Dominion
A Dominion is a wholly self-governing or virtually self-governing state of the British Empire or British Commonwealth, particularly one w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Taze Russell: Encyclopedia - Charles Taze Russell
Charles Taze Russell, (February 16, 1852 - October 31, 1916), known as Pastor Russell, was an American evangelist from Pittsburgh, Pennsy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith: Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith
The Báb · Abdu'l-Bahá Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Kitáb-i-Íqán The Hidden Words Administrative Order The Guardian Universal House of Justice ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Curse And Mark Of Cain: Encyclopedia - Curse And Mark Of Cain
In Christianity and Judaism, the curse of Cain and the mark of Cain refer to the Biblical passages in the Book of Genesis chapter 4, wher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text
The Masoretic Text (MT) is the Hebrew text of the Tanakh approved for general use in Judaism. It is also widely used in translations of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1775: Encyclopedia - 1775
1775 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sugar: Encyclopedia - Sugar
In general use, "sugar" is taken to mean sucrose, also called "table sugar" or saccharose, a disaccharide which is a white crystalline so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quarantine: Encyclopedia - Quarantine
Quarantine is enforced isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous (often disease). The word comes from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acid Rain: Encyclopedia - Acid Rain
Acid rain is defined as any type of precipitation with a pH of below 5.0. Normal rain has a pH which can range between 4.5 and 5.6 with a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ada Lovelace: Encyclopedia - Ada Lovelace
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (December 10, 1815 – November 27, 1852) is mainly known for having written a description of Char...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch College: Encyclopedia - Antioch College
Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connexion, it be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antiquarian: Encyclopedia - Antiquarian
An antiquarian or antiquary is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. More narrowly, the term is often used for those who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anne Catherine Emmerich: Encyclopedia - Anne Catherine Emmerich
Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (8 September 1774 - 9 February 1824) was a Catholic Augustinian nun, stigmatic, and ecstatic. She was bor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anheuser-busch: Encyclopedia - Anheuser-busch
Anheuser-Busch NYSE: BUD, the world's third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller, is based in St. Louis, Missouri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andries Pretorius: Encyclopedia - Andries Pretorius
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (November 27, 1798 – 23 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antoni Gaudí: Encyclopedia - Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect famous for his unique style and highly individualistic des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 12: Encyclopedia - April 12
April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). There are 263 days remaining. April 12 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 22: Encyclopedia - April 22
April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). There are 253 days remaining. April 22 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 17: Encyclopedia - April 17
April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). There are 258 days remaining. April 17 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 16: Encyclopedia - April 16
April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). There are 259 days remaining. April 16 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 13: Encyclopedia - April 13
13 April is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). There are 262 days remaining. It is also the Ides...   » Read the article